Hawaiian Noun · Sea
ʻAʻo
Pronunciation: /AH-oh/
Meaning
Newell's Shearwater, a threatened seabird endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Example sentences
Ua ʻike au i ka manu ʻaʻo e lele ana ma luna o ke kai.
I saw the ʻaʻo bird flying over the sea.
Pono kākou e kōkua i ka ʻaʻo no ka mea, he mea hoʻoweliweli kona ola.
We must help the ʻaʻo because its life is endangered.
ʻO ka ʻaʻo kekahi o nā manu kaulana o ko Hawaiʻi nei.
The ʻaʻo is one of the famous birds of Hawaiʻi.
About this word
“ʻAʻo” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Newell's Shearwater, a threatened seabird endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Sea. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.